Combined mucilage cap and spreader



A. N. BIT-Z.

COMBINED MUCILAGE C AP AND SPREADER. APPLICATION FILED APR.26. 1921.

-,-407,9'49; Patented Feb. 28, 1922'.

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Application filed April 28, 1921. Serial No. 464,724.

To all whom it may c0ncem.'

Be itknown that -I,"AUeUsT Rirz, a citizen of the United'States, and-resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain. new and usefullmprovements in Combined Mucilage Gaps and Spreaders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention refers to bottle cap closures for original packages for fluid container, such as glue, mucilage or the like. The object of my invention is to'provide a simple, economical and convenient cap closure which, with its associated paste distributing elements, is capable of convenient shipping and usage by the consumer. The invention therefore contemplates the use of what is known to the trade as a crowned cap unit arranged in connection with other parts to meet the various conditions required of an original package of the type mentioned, whereby said package is hermetically sealed, and is capable of being broken and manipulated to form an integral mucilage or glue distributer, and also a detached mucilage or glue distributer at the election of the user.

With the above objects in View, the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as are hereinafter set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of a bottle having a cap closure embodying glue or the like, which bottle is provided with a mouth terminating with an annular lip B; Fitted to the mouth of the bottle is a crowned cap or shell, having a flat body portion 1 folded down at its edges to form a flange 2 that is crimped, as indicated at 8, in the ordinary manner, the crimped edge of the flange being folded snugly against the annular lip B so as to form a permanent joint. The crowned cap has fitted therein a metal disc 4: that is nested directly against disc is slightly bowed up at its central points and provided with a plug aperture 5, as shown. The underface of the disc has fitted thereto a thin'moist-proof centrally apertured'paper wad 6, and between the wad 6 and the upper face ofthebottle lip there is snugly fitteda fibre cush'iondisc7 which is preferably formed from ground cork or the like, the said cork or fibre discbeing apertured in line.

The apertures of the associated parts toquantity of the liquid adhering to the wiper end is, under ordinary conditions, ample for the purpose of sealing or coating 2. body to be glued.

As bestshown in Figure 3, the central or body portion of the crowned cap is cut away in circular form, and the line of cut extends back to the intersecting edge of the shell' body and the downturned flange thereof, whereby a tongue 9 is formed, having a neck portion 9. This tongue and its neck portion, under shipping conditions, is folded back more or less as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, and the plug is inserted in the cap unit, as a whole, to form a hermetic seal for the container.

When it is desired to use the glue or mucilage, the plug. is removed and its wiper end can be utilized .for distributing the mucilage or glue, under certain conditions. If it is desired, however, to utilize a quantity of the paste without interruption, the plug is removed and the bottle or container is in verted, as shown 1n Figure 2, in which in-.

verted position the mucilage or glue distributing tongue is folded back as illustrated. Under these conditions, the flow of mucilage or glue will be practically continuous as the bottle is moved along the line of distribution,

in advance of the tongue 9, said tongue,

serving as a distributing brush, so as to insure-a thin layer or line of mucilage or glue in the path of travel of the bottle. It is to be borne in mind that the tongue is of sufiicient resiliency to compensate or yield in its travel, and owing to its slight conthe inner walls of thecap, being provided U i with a downturned flange portion 4; The

Ina bottle for mucilage, glue or thelilie,

having a mouth provided With anannular lip; the combination of a closure therefor comprising a flange cap shell permanently crimped about the bottle lip," the cap being provided with an integral Wiping tongue out from the central body portion of the metal and extending back to the flanged edge thereof, a centrally apertured metallic disc fitted against the inner wall of'the cap'shell and a centrally apertured fibre disc adjacent the inner wall of the metallic disc for yielding engagement with the lips of the bottle,

and a removable tapered plug fitted into thecentral apertures'of the fibre and metal discs, the plug and Wipertonguc serving as selective means for spreading the mucilage or glue. r

In testimony that l claim the foregoingl have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in'

the county of Milwaukee and State of Wis-v consin.

1 aueusr n. RITZl 

